Holding device



y 1930. HIOJWICKES 1,758,873

HOLDING DEVICE Filed July 1'7 1929 Patented May 13, 1930 j UNITEDSTATES- PATENT OFFICE HARVEY O. WICKES, 01* GAS'IELLA, CALIFORNIA'rrornme' nnvron Application filed July 17,

Another obj ect is to produce a device which is simple in construction.,A further object is to produce a device 5 which is sanitary in thatitprevents spilling of'the vcontents of the bowl being held.

Ai further object is to plrovide means fwhereby'the bowl may be quic yclamped in the device or removed therefrom. LOther objects andadvantages will be apsarent'iduringlthe' course of the following eigrition.

parts throughout the same, 7

151g e 1 is aperspective View of my device, an

Figure 2 is an-enlar eddetail cross section of one of the 'bowl hol gelements.

It is common to mix ingredients in a mixing bowl which is held in onehand while the other hand is usedfor the mixing operation.

The result is thatonly one hand is useable with the result that itcauses a severe strain medium of a wing nut 11. Slidable upon the rod 7is a slider 12 which has hingedly attached as'at 13 a plug 14 upon whichis se- 0 cureda barrel 16. This barrel serves to house e accompanyingdrawings forming a. part of this specification and in which like,numerals are employed to designate like marries a clamped screw 9 turnedthrough the 1929. Serial No. 379,044.

a spring 17 one end of which engagesthe end of the barrel as at 18 andthe opposite end engages a pin 19 extending through the shank 210 thehooked element 22. This hooked element is provided with a finger hook 23the 65 purpose of which will be later seen. A similar holding device ispivoted as at 24 to the frame 5 and as the construction is identicalfurther comment thereon is unnecessary. A

mixing bowl is shown on dotted lines of 26. Assuming that the device isin use, the plate 5 is rested upon a table and the wing nut 11 rotatedso as to cause the screw 9 to clamp against the 'table. A mixing bowl isthen placed upon the device and the finger hold 23 ofthe rear holdingelement is engaged and an upward pull against the spring 17 permits thehooked element22 to engage the edge of the bowl. The second holdingelement is moved along the rod 7 until it is in alignment with the edgeof the bowl, after which an upward pull upon the finger hold 23pergiitslthe hook 22 to engage the side of the ow Y It will thus beseenthat the bowl will be securely held in fixed position by the deviceabove described.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted toi without departing rom the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the sub3oinedclaim.

Having thus described my invention, 1* claim In a device of thecharacter described a rectangular plate, clamping-means secured to oneend of said plate, said clamping'me'ans comprising a pivoted barrel, ahook element positioned in said barrel and-a spring posiv tioned withinsaid barrel and surrounding said hook element, a rod horizontallypositioned in said frame, a sliding fastening, element movable on saidrod, said fastening element comprising a pivoted barrel, a horizontalelement positioned in said barrel, a spring surrounding said horizontalelement, said springs andsaid barrels serving to hold said horizontalelements against Withdrawal from said barrel whereby a receptaclepositioned on said frame and between said -horizontal elements may beengaged thereby, for the purpose specifie&.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

HARVEY 0. Moms. I

